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Letters .Patent No. 62,285, dated February 19, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN THIMBLES WITH GUARDD C'U'FIllRSl TO ALL PERSONS TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME.

Be it known that I, LEWIN A. PECK, of Newton Corner, in the county of Middlesex, and State of Massachusetts, have made a new and useful invention of a Thread or Twine Cutting Thimble; and I do hereby declare the same to be fully described in the following specification, and represented in theaecompanying. drawings, of whichA Figure 1 isla top View. i

Figure 2, a side elevation; and

Figure 3, a longitudinal section of my said invention.

Figure 4 exhibits an end view of with its thimble or clasp open lengthwiseso as to spring upon and fit to the finger of a person. v

In figures 1, 2, and 3 of such drawings, A denotes a sewing thimhle, having a grooved knife case or guard, B,

aiiixed to one side ofit. Within such 'case is a'lever knife, C', whos'ehandle a projects from and beyond one end of the case in manner as represented, and rests against a spring, b, projecting either from the thimble or the ease. The knife is` supported in or connected to the case or guard by means of a fulcrum or pin, c, which goes laterally through the two. The outer edge ofthe knife-blade is to be the sharp or cutting edge, in order that when a thiinble is fixed on' o1' applied to a persons iinger, pressure on the handle of the knife will throw the blade outward beyond the case, so as to enable the' person to cut twineor thread. Thus after having sewed or stitched a piece of cloth or'other material by the aid of the thimble, the knife will afford a ready means of separating the thread from the material. The ofice of the spring b is to force the blade back into its case vor guard. By having the thimble or clasp slit lengthwise, as shown at d, in iig. 4, (in which A denotes the clasp, and B the case or guard, and C the knife,) it may he applied to or held upon and fit the finger cfa person @better advantage often than when made solid or without the slit, the thimble or clasp 'under such circumstances being elastic so as to spring open laterally. As made with the open elastic clasp, as described, the article is useful for groeers and various others using twine for binding packages. The case, by covering the knife `or its blade, when within itserves as a guardto prevent such blade from accidentally doing injury to the wearer.

I claim the combination' as well as' the arrangement of the lever knife, and its operative spring, with the thimble or finger clasp, as set forth. V

I also claim the combination as well as the arramgement of the knife, and its case or guard, with the thimble or clasp, as explained. Y

LEW N A. PECK. Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, F. P. HALi:, Jr. 

